UCS C200 M2 hangs at "Configuring and testing Platform Hardware..."

[justintaylor9]

I am having an issue where my UCS server hangs on bootup at the "Configuring and testing Platform Hardware..."  I have followed the necessary steps to clear the CMOS using the jumper on the J1E6 header, but when I put it on pins 2 and 3, the server will not power on.  Any help is greatly appreciated!

[Saurabh Kothari]

I think you should try recovering corrupt BIOS.

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/hw/C200M1/install/c200M1/install.html#pgfId-1363438

-Saurabh

[AliChowdhury58487]

I am having the same problem. Any help appreciated.

[Steven Tardy]

Are you having a problem on M2 generation like the original poster 5 years ago?

If you are having this issue on M5 generation, then there is a recent Field Notice:

  https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/field-notices/705/fn70595.html

The fix for this Field Notice is to upgrade BIOS to the latest (or roll back to prior BIOS).

You can change/upload the BIOS version via CIMC web interface.